ALLMedicine™ Bile Duct Strictures Center

Jan 16th, 2023 - Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an idiopathic chronic immune-mediated cholestatic liver disease characterized by fibro-inflammatory bile duct strictures, progressive hepatobiliary fibrosis, and gut-liver axis disruption. The pathophysiolog...

Dec 4th, 2022 - Iatrogenic bile duct injuries (BDI) following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) result in major morbidity and incidental mortality. There is a lack of unselected population-based cross-sectional studies on the incidence, management, and outcomes o...

Dec 2nd, 2022 - Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to bile duct strictures, cholestasis, and biliary cirrhosis. PNPLA3 (patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3), regulates cellular lipid synthesis by convertin...

Oct 19th, 2022 - Endoscopists frequently have difficulty approaching biliary lesions using biopsy forceps. The aim of this study was not only to describe an easy technique for biliary biopsy assisted by a looped guidewire but also to present preliminary results re...

Sep 2nd, 2022 - Biliary duct brushing cytology is the standard of care for the assessment of bile duct strictures but suffers from low sensitivity for the detection of a high-risk stricture. Pathologic diagnosis of strictures is optimized by integration of cytomo...

Jul 22nd, 2022 - If surgical treatment is not possible in patients with malignant obstruction in the common bile duct, endoscopic metal stent placement to resolve biliary obstruction is a standard treatment that is commonly performed. The metal stents relieve the ...

Jul 7th, 2022 - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an interventional endoscopy procedure utilized in the therapeutic management of pancreatobiliary diseases including gallstones, bile duct strictures, leaks and infections, pancreatitis, and ...

May 12th, 2022 - Malignant biliary obstruction is a common sequela of pancreatic cancers or distal bile duct cancers, and its development can hinder the use of chemotherapy, decrease patient quality of life and decrease survival. Malignant biliary obstruction is t...

Feb 7th, 2022 - ERCP is a therapeutic endoscopic procedure done to establish either bile duct or pancreatic duct drainage or both. The indications for ERCP are bile duct stones, bile duct strictures, sphincter of Oddi manometry with sphincterotomy, bile leak, pan...

Dec 21st, 2020 - ERCP is a therapeutic endoscopic procedure done to establish either bile duct or pancreatic duct drainage or both. The indications for ERCP are bile duct stones, bile duct strictures, sphincter of Oddi manometry with sphincterotomy, bile leak, pan...

Dec 13th, 2017 - Advances in Diagnosing Cholestasis Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is traditionally the primary method used to establish a diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC); however, data defining its prognostic utility are limi...

Sep 24th, 2014 - The first presentation was on benign biliary strictures, given by Dr. Greg Cote of Indiana University.